Entry Category:
Most Artistic
Entrant's NameJULIETTE KNIOLA
Pet's Age7 YRS
Pet's Fun QuirksTOTAL CUDDLE BUDDY, VERY SWEET DISPOSITION
Pet's StoryJETT AND HIS 2 SIBS WERE FOUND LIVING IN A MOSTLY DRY SEWER DRAIN IN MY FORMER COMMUNITY. WE GOT THEM OUT AND FOUND THEY WERE VERY SICK. I TOOK THEM ALL TO THE VET THE NEXT DAY AND ALL OF THEM HAD THE FELINE HERPES VIRUS THAT INFECTED THEIR EYES, AND DR.S THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE BLIND. I BROUGHT THEM ALL HOME (3 KITTNES TOTAL) AND GAVE THEM MEDICINE FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS, AND OF COURSE MY HEART MELTED AND I COULD NOT THINK OF GIVING THEM UP. I HAD NOT INTENDED TO HAVE KITTIES IN MY LIFE AT THAT POINT, BUT THAT WAS 7 YEARS AGO AND I AM AMAZED AT THE LOVE AND HAPPINESS THAT THEY HAVE ALL BROUGHT INTO MY LIFE. THEY ARE INCREDIBLY HEALTHY NOW, WITH GOOD EYESIGHT AND ALL. JETT'S TEAR DUCTS WERE SCARRED BY HIS EARLY ILLNESS, BUT HE HAS NO OTHER LINGERING EVIDENCE OF HIS KITTEN-STAGE ILLNESS. ALL OF THEM ARE TRULY MY BABIES, AND I AM BLESSED AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM IN MY LIFE.